Philip lindemeyer



. (No Model.)

P. LINDEMEYER. .GARD 0R PICTURE SUPPORT.

No; 469,436. Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

UNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP LINDEMEYER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SIMONDALSIIEIMER, OF SAME PLACE.

CARD OR PICTURE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. a69A36, dated February23, 1892.

Application filed September 30, 1891- Serial No. 407,325. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP LINDEMEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new anduseful Card or Picture Support,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in pieturesupports.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive device adapted to support a picture or card in an inclinedposition similar to an easel and capable of being folded or knocked downagainst the back of a picture or card to enable the same to-be hung orpacked for shipping.

The invention consists in the construct-ion and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a picture providedwith a support constructed in accordance with this invention and holdingthe picture in an inclined position.

2 5 Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the support folded. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of a modification of the invention.

Like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts in all thefigures of the 0 drawings.

1 designates atriangular frame constructed of a single piece of paperhaving its ends secured together and folded intermediate its ends toform similar sides 2 and 3 and a base 4:,

. and adapted to be attached by pasting or the like to the back of apicture or card to support the same in an inclined position similar toan easel. The side 2 is secured to the back of a picture 5, and the side3 is strengthened by 0 a piece 6 of stiffening material-such aspasteboard or the like-which is secured to the side 3 by pasting andarranged within the frame. The base 4 is provided intermediate its endswith a transverse crease or bend, forming sections adapted to foldwithin the frame to allow the latter to be knocked down to lie fiatagainst the back of a picture or card, so as to be compact for packing,shipping, and the like.

The support is applicable to all kinds of cards,advertising-placards,and the like.

It will readily be seen that the picture or card support is exceedinglysimple and inex pensive in construction, adapted to be readily attachedto a card or picture to support the same in an inclined position, andcapable of being folded compactly against the back of the same. L

In Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings is illustrated a modification ofthe invention,in which is shown a frame constructed of material otherthan paper. The frame operates similarly to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2of the accompanying drawings, and the sides and the sections of the baseare connected flexibly to one another by means of hinges 7. Themodification is designed more especially for framed pictures, while thepaper frame is intended for light pictures and cards. The frame of themodification is secured to the back of a picture-frameby any suitablemeans, such as screws and the like.

I am aware that card-supports have been constructed consisting of a diskor shield, to the back of which a leg or brace is jointed in such amanner that part of the leg will be above the joint, between which partof the leg and the disk the card is placed, and is held by the pressureof the said part of the brace or leg against it, and that the disk orshield and the leg form a triangular frame when in operative position;also, that portfolios or cases for charts have been constructed to forma triangular frame to support and display charts and to fold and form acover 8 5 for the same; but I am not aware that picture-supports havebeenconstructed as herein claimed.

\Vhat I claim is.-

1. A support for pictures, cards, and the like, consisting of atriangular frame constructed of a single continuous strip of paper,having its ends secured together and folded to form sides and a base,the latter having a transverse fold or crease intermediate its 5 ends,forming sections adapted to fold on each other to permit the sides ofthe frame to lie fiat against the back of a picture, card, or the like,substantially as described.

2. A picture-support comprisinga continu- 10o ous triangular frameadapted to fold and consisting of similar sides having their upper endsflexibly connected together, and a base composed of sections havingtheir inner ends flexibly connected together and their outer endssimilarly connected to the lower ends of the sides, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

3. A support for pictures, cards, and the like, consisting of atriangular frame constructed of a piece of paper having its ends securedtogether and folded to form sides and a base, the latter having atransverse fold or crease intermediate its ends, forming sectionsadapted to fold on each other to permit the sides of the frame to lieflat against the back of a picture, card, or the like when the frame isfolded, and a strengthening-piece 6, of stiffening material, applied inthe manner and for PHILIP LINDEMEYER.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. HARKER, WM. J. BURK.

